Editora: Bu Classics Books
In the rugged beauty of colonial Virginia, a simple girl’s life is upturned by the arrival of the English aristocracy. Her natural grace masks a fierce independence that challenges the rigid social structures of the New World. It is a poignant exploration of love and identity set in a landscape where the wilderness is as untamed as the heart.
A fantastical, fictionalized version of the death of Cleopatra, this eponymous story by H. Rider Haggard is told from the point of view of an Egyptian priest, Harmachis, who seeks her downfall to free his nation from the tyranny of the Macedonian Greek Dynasty. Told in Haggard's usual adventuresome style, and with just the right amount of magic and fantasy, we follow Harmachis as he grows into the role of an underground leader of his people, as he's placed into Cleopatra's court, and as he recounts the various trials and tribulations that accompany his plots against Cleopatra, whom he calls "a Thing of Flame like unto which no woman has ever been or ever will be." Several parts of the story were adapted for use in the 1917 silent film Cleopatra . H. Rider Haggard (died 1925) was a major literary figure of the early 20th century. Their work has endured across generations and continues to be read and studied worldwide. Adventure literature of the 19th and early 20th centuries captured the imagination of a reading public hungry for tales of exploration, danger, and heroism. Cleopatra belongs to this tradition of gripping narratives that transported readers beyond the boundaries of their everyday lives.Ver livro
The Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning novel is now a new, boldly reimagined film from producers Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, starring Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, and Fantasia Barrino.A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick Celie has grown up poor in rural Georgia, despised by the society around her and abused by her own family. She strives to protect her sister, Nettie, from a similar fate, and while Nettie escapes to a new life as a missionary in Africa, Celie is left behind without her best friend and confidante, married off to an older suitor, and sentenced to a life alone with a harsh and brutal husband. In an attempt to transcend a life that often seems too much to bear, Celie begins writing letters directly to God. The letters, spanning 20 years, record a journey of self-discovery and empowerment guided by the light of a few strong women. She meets Shug Avery, her husband’s mistress and a jazz singer with a zest for life, and her stepson’s wife, Sofia, who challenges her to fight for independence. And though the many letters from Celie’s sister are hidden by her husband, Nettie’s unwavering support will prove to be the most breathtaking of all.The Color Purple has sold more than five million copies, inspired an Academy Award-nominated film starring Oprah Winfrey and directed by Steven Spielberg, and been adapted into a Tony-winning Broadway musical. Lauded as a literary masterpiece, this is the groundbreaking novel that placed Walker “in the company of Faulkner” (The Nation), and remains a wrenching—yet intensely uplifting—experience for new generations of readers.This ebook features a new introduction written by the author on the 25th anniversary of publication, and an illustrated biography of Alice Walker including rare photos from the author’s personal collection. The Color Purple is the 1st book in the Color Purple Collection, which also includes The Temple of My Familiar and Possessing the Secret of Joy.Ver livro
This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Close your eyes. Let Sara Wilson's voice guide you through dusty attics and Australian archives, through grief and discovery, to a place where 160-year-old letters prove that love transcends time itself. When Sara returns to her late mother's family home in the Blue Mountains, drowning in grief after Ellen's death from cancer, she discovers five letters hidden in the attic. Written in 1852 by Thomas Staines—a convict, an ancestor, a man whose voice speaks across centuries directly into her broken heart. Listen as Sara uncovers: A blacksmith from England whose desperate choice cost him everything—seven years in the brutal penal colonies of New South Wales. A man who refused to let shame define his future, who rebuilt character as surely as he forged iron. Catherine Krieg, a German immigrant who crossed oceans alone. Together they built something neither thought possible: a life worth protecting, a love worth preserving. But the letters don't tell the whole story. There are gaps, silences, urgent moments Sara doesn't yet understand. What happened at Three Rivers Inn? Why did her mother preserve these letters with such fierce care? What sacrifice shaped five generations of their family? As you listen to Sara research her ancestor's journey—from convict records to Scottish churchyards—you'll discover alongside her that some inheritances have nothing to do with property and everything to do with wisdom earned through suffering. This intimate audio experience weaves between past and present, between Sara's contemporary struggle and Thomas's 1850s transformation from shame to honor. Perfect for listeners who loved The Nightingale, All the Light We Cannot See, and The Light Between Oceans. THE BLACKSMITH'S BEQUEST is literary fiction for the heart—a family saga about redemption, the women who preserve wisdom, and the courage to honor what they've protected. Based on true family history.Ver livro
Award-winning Florida novelist Patrick Smith's first novel, The River Is Home, revolves around a Mississippi family's struggle to cope with changes in their rural environment. Poor in material possessions, Skeeter's kinfolk are rich in their appreciation of their beautiful natural surroundings. The river on which they live—with its food supply, steamboats, and floods—figures strongly in their lives as the source of life, change, and death. Though their life is a simple one, it's filled with friendship, loyalty, love, and compassion.Ver livro
Can she unlock the mysteries of the past? A country at war It’s the summer of 1919 and Ellen O’Brien has her whole life ahead of her. Young, in love and leaving home for her first job, the future seems full of shining possibility. But war is brewing and before long, Ellen and everyone around her are swept up by it. As Ireland is torn apart by the turmoil, Ellen finds herself facing the ultimate test of love and loyalty. A long-buried secret A hundred years later and Clare Farrell has inherited a dilapidated old farmhouse in County Meath. Seizing the chance to escape her unhappy marriage she strikes out on her own for the first time, hoping the old building might also provide clues to her family’s shadowy history. As she sets out to put the place – and herself – back to rights, she stumbles across a long-forgotten hiding place, with a clue to a secret that has lain buried for decades. For fans of Kate Morton and Gill Paul comes an unforgettable novel about two women fighting for independence.Readers LOVE The Forgotten Secret! ‘WOW! I can’t begin to find the right words to describe just how much I adored this… Had me hooked from the first few pages… Unputdownable.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘A story you really live, wonderfully told… Absolutely compelling.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘A compelling and gripping story that will hook you from the very first page… I highly recommend it.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘I cannot say how much I loved this book! It was wonderful… I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘Just so delightful… Such a wonderful book and easily the best book I’ve read so far this year.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘I am totally lost for words… I can’t praise this book enough and will be telling family and friends to read this ROLLER COASTER EXTRAVAGANZA OF A BOOK.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars Kathleen McGurl's The Forgotten Secret is a top-tier fiction novel that beautifully captures the essence of romance in a rural town. The small town sagas and holiday traditions that are woven into the narrative make the story even more engaging. For fans of Lucinda Riley (The Last Love Song), Rachel Hore (The Secrets of Dragonfly Lodge), Santa Montefiore (Songs of Love and War), Kate Morton (The Forgotten Garden), and Anna Stuart (The Midwife of Auschwitz).Ver livro
The lost dauphin of France, said to have been smuggled out of the Temple prison and raised among the Iroquois of northern New York. Catherwood built the novel on the Eleazer Williams claim that genuinely occupied American newspapers for years. This edition binds fifty-five plates by painters including George Catlin, Edvard Munch and Jean-Baptiste Greuze, alongside five illustrations restored and coloured for this volume.Ver livro
